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Cole Ragans continued his recent success with six scoreless innings as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 12-1 in the first game of a three-game series Monday.

Justin Steele tossed dominant two-hit ball through eight innings to move into a tie for the major league lead in wins, leading the Chicago Cubs past the San Francisco Giants 5-0 on Monday.

It's a holiday weekend and a football tradition!

Top-seeded Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss won the AVP Bally's Gold Series Chicago Open volleyball tournament on Sunday.

Kahleah Copper scored 23 points to lead the Sky (15-22), who entered play tied with Los Angeles for the final playoff spot. Chicago has the tiebreaker advantage over the Sparks after winning three of four match-ups this season.

White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson doubled to lead off the first for his 1,000th career hit , all with Chicago. He added a single and finished 2 for 4. 

The loss was Northwestern's 12th straight dating back to last season.

The White Sox dropped their second straight after chairman Jerry Reinsdorf promoted Chris Getz to general manager on Thursday. Getz took over after after GM Rick Hahn and executive vice president Ken Williams were fired last week.

In a matchup of National League playoff contenders, Javier Assad pitched a season-high eight shutout innings and Jeimer Candelario launched his career-best 20th homer to help Chicago take a 1-0 lead into the ninth. 

Mason Blakemore scored on a 71-yard run, Daniel Sobkowicz hauled in a 47-yard touchdown pass and Illinois State beat Dayton 41-0 in a season opener on Saturday.

Chicago returns to action on Sept. 16 when they travel to play CF Montreal.

It's the second time in three seasons that the Huskies have started their season by beating an Atlantic Coast Conference team, having also beaten Georgia Tech 22-21 in the 2021 opener.

It's been called the fastest growing sport in the country. Some say pickleball's recent success can be attributed to one Illinois man.

Eduardo Rodriguez pitched neatly into the seventh and the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Friday night.

A pep rally was held in Daley Plaza on Friday ahead of the game this weekend at Soldier Field.

The Chicago Bears star quarterback is getting the figurine treatment.